Insane (film)

Insane
Insane
	Poster
Hangul	날, 보러와요
Directed by	Lee Cheol-ha
Production; companies	OAL; Valentine Films;
Distributed by	Megabox Plus M
Release date	April 7, 2016;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$7.6 million

Insane (Korean: 날, 보러와요; RR: Nal, Boreowayo, "Come to see Me") is a 2016 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Lee Cheol-ha.^[1]^[2] It was released in South Korea on April 7, 2016.^[1]

Plot[]

During the day and in the middle of downtown, Kang Soo-Ah (Kang Ye-won) is taken away against her will and brought to a psychiatric hospital. She is locked up there without knowing why. She is constantly forcefully drugged and suffers cruel violence. Soo-Ah begins to write down in detail all of the horrific acts that take place at the psychiatric hospital.

One year later, Na Nam-Soo (Lee Sang-yoon) is working as a programming director for the same broadcasting station he was suspended from the previous year. He is assigned to a project and receives a notebook containing horrific entries about a psychiatric hospital which had burned down in a fire. He reads the notebook and feels intrigued by what happened. To uncover the truth, Nam-Soo seeks out Soo-Ah, who is now in prison as a murder suspect.

Cast[]

Kang Ye-won as Kang Soo-ah ^[1]
Lee Sang-yoon as Na Nam-soo ^[1]
Choi Jin-ho as Jang Hyung-sik
Ji Dae-han as Kang Byung-joo
Chun Min-hee as Mi-ro
Lee Hak-joo as Dong-sik
Choi Yoon-so as Ji-young
Jo Jae-yoon as Detective Park
Gu Won as Woo-sub
Kim Jong-soo as Detective Cha
Jang Tae-seong as Depeartment Head Koo
Yoo Gun as Lee Woo-jin
Jeon Kwang-jin as death angel
Kim Ho-won as emergency room doctor
Ahn Ji-hye as Yeo-kyung
Park Se-jin as prison doctor
Kim Hyun as patient's family member
Gil Hae-yeon as Kang Soo-ah's mother

Reception[]

The film was number-one on its opening weekend in South Korea with US$2.3 million.^[3] On its second weekend it was second placed behind Time Renegades with US$1.43 million.^[2]

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	37th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor	Lee Sang-yoon	Nominated
	53rd Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress	Kang Ye-won	Nominated
	53rd Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor	Lee Sang-yoon	Nominated

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Insane (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kil, Sonia (April 17, 2016). "Korea Box Office: Kwak Jae-yong's 'Time Renegades' Debuts on Top". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
^ "South Korea Box Office April 8–10, 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

External links[]

Insane at IMDb

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[hancinema-1] "Insane (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

[Kil-2] Kil, Sonia (April 17, 2016). "Korea Box Office: Kwak Jae-yong's 'Time Renegades' Debuts on Top". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

[3] "South Korea Box Office April 8–10, 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

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